Invalid items on Ebay

Bobby,
That is indeed the usual effect. What I do is to copy the item number from 
the post, then click on the link. When the "Invalid Item" message inevitably 
pops up, I click the search link, insert the item number and Robert happens 
to be the name of the male sibling of your female parent. A little more 
tedious than it would have been if things worked as they were intended, but 
email was not created with humongous url's in mind.
David Lieb